HUFFMAN-TYPE CODES FOR INFINITE SOURCE DISTRIBUTIONS

Authors
ABRAHAMS J
Citation
J. Abrahams, HUFFMAN-TYPE CODES FOR INFINITE SOURCE DISTRIBUTIONS, Journal of the Franklin Institute, 331B(3), 1994, pp. 265-271
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics,"Engineering, Mechanical
Journal title
Journal of the Franklin Institute → ACNP
ISSN journal
00160032
Volume
331B
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
265 - 271
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-0032(1994)331B:3<265:HCFISD>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A new sufficient condition is given for an infinite source distributio n to share a minimum average codeword length code with the geometric d istribution. Thus, some new examples of parametric families of infinit e source distributions can be optimally encoded by Huffman-type codes.